#acrobat anthony

"Mum..." "No, Ned." Kate didn't even lift her eyes from her iPad to look at her pleading son. "Please!" "No." "But Amma...!" "I said no, Ned." _________________________________________ 13 years later, Anthony is reminded just how much his eldest son resembles his wife as Edmund and Kate butt heads.

Our final number is here. The lights lower. I take my last bow as the lights dim. I hope after this performance, you may all go home with a little bit of yourselves touched by this circus and this story.

52.866 words. 8 chapters. Some good hours of youtube videos about circuses. A month and a half of chaos. I can't believe I've done it. I have no words for it.

This is my first finished WIP. No longer a WIP. My first COMPLETE WORK. HOLY SHIT!

For everyone who read it, liked it, left a comment, and/or reblogged this story, you are amazing. I love all of you. You've made me feel joy instead of dread after posting my chapters and I'll never forget it.

For @mimix007 and @waterlilyrose. I wouldn't have done this without you. Your support, your listening to me and reading my bits as I got anxious and nervous and miserable mean the world to me. I love you and cherish you so much and I am so so lucky to have friends like you <3

I don't have anything else to say but thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

See you on the next adventure.

Love,

Bridgerton Family Circus was Edmund Bridgerton's entire world and the day he died, it became Anthony Bridgerton's. He had grown up under the big top, learning the ropes, falling in love with the trapeze and with the magic the circus brought.

And then he met her.

Miss Edwina Sharma had fallen in love with Bridgerton Family Circus the first time she watched their performances and decided she needed to join them. And along with the young woman came her. Kate Sharma. The most beautiful woman Anthony had ever seen. She was fierce, bright, intelligent, absolutely gorgeous and apparently a skilled illusionist to boot. And she hated Anthony's guts. Yet, for some reason, Anthony could not stop trying to find new ways to annoy her.

IT LIVES! The circus is in town and the first chapter of Walking The Wire is up in AO3!

God, I hope you're all excited about this as me because BOY I'm happy!

Google, please know I'm not planning on running away with the circus with my hours of research. It was all in the name of fanfic.

Gotta thank my girls! @kateandanthonyaremyparents, @alihightowers, @harnitbee and @searching4paradiso for all the encouragement! And I have to thank most specially @mimix007 and @waterlilyrose who have been listening to my blabbing about trapeze and circus for a month non-stop and always supported me and encouraged me. I wouldn't have done this without you! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Walking the Wire

"You're impossible."

"Yes, but you said you loved me." He replied. "You did, didn't you?" Anthony was not sure he could handle it if it had all been a fragment of his delusional injured mind.

"I did. I… I do."

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Anthony and Kate finally talk about their feelings.

It’s here people, our grand finale, the moment we were all waiting for. Anthony and Kate finally talk.

That’s it. That’s the last chapter of the story. Now we only have the epilogue left…. I can hardly believe I made it this far. I’m one episode away from finishing my first ever WIP. I’m so excited I might cry.

"The most annoying part of the whole thing was that Kate Sharma really was quite good at what she did. "

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Anthony and Kate's relationship evolves as the Sharma sisters start finding their place on the Crew.

Ladies and Gentleman, Bridgerton fans alike, my insane mind has the honour to present you Walking The Wire chapter two.

Here we watch as our favourite idiots navigate their new relationship as it starts to grow more than some random animosity.

Don't forget to leave your love!

"Honestly, Ant." Daph took a small step forwards, her brow furrowed and her voice gentle. "We're worried about you. You looked so happy before and now..." "Now what?!" He opened his arms in questioning before clapping his hands in front of him. "Now we have two tyrants instead of one." "Benedict!" Daphne hissed, punching his brother on the arm. ___________________________________________________________

The entire circus is affected by the tense atmosphere between Anthony and Kate.

Anthony and Kate are idiots and EVERYONE can see it.

Alright everyone, you might have seen that the chapter count has come up to 8. It's because I'm an idiot who can't count lol

In order to keep up with our (self-imposed) schedule of finishing the story by Saturday, I'll be posting chapters 6 tomorrow and 7 on Thursday.

Chapter 6 will be smaller, but it will be a crucial moment in our plot.

I love all of you who are commenting and interacting with this story. I have so much of this universe in my head and it makes me happy you enjoy it. I'm sorry for the mistake.

I am honestly having a crap day and I'll have my first classes of the semester in about an hour, I don't have any of my old students back and I'm just... stressed. I appreciate your love.

"Hey." Anthony's eyes looked up at her call and he wished he hadn't. She looked as lovely as she had when she left his caravan some hours earlier, set to the little space she shared with her sister for another thirty minutes of sleep, a shower and a fresh set of clothes. And she was looking at him with her eyebrows drawn together in concern. "What's wrong?”

"If you're planning on breaking your contract before the end of the tour, we need notice at least a month in advance." His tone was oddly hollow and business-like, considering the desperate fire burning deep in his chest. Across from him, Kate looked like she just had been slapped, her head snapping backwards in surprise. "In a letter written by your own hand, please."

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A confrontation happens and tempers flare between Anthony and Kate.

I’m other words, Anthony and Kate are two fools who don’t know how to communicate and things have to get worse before they get better.

My feelings over this chapter are… mixed. But this might be my own insecurities. I hope you enjoy it!

"You're just smiling, that's all." "I smile plenty, thank you." He grunted, pointedly focused on fixing his grips around his hands before starting to chalk up. "Much more since a certain Miss Sharma joined us, that's for certain." He could hear the teasing grin in Ben's voice without even lifting his eyes from the white bag of powder. "I'm going to drop you during the Kip." _______________________________________________________________________

Anthony navigates his 'friendship' with Kate as her debut on the ring comes up and he makes some upsetting discoveries.

Ladies and gentleman! We have reached the middle of our story and it's time to see our favourite Magician and Acrobat *cof* clowns *cof* being the pair of idiots we know and love.

Alexa, play "Send In the Clowns"!